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Young demonstrators dance at the start of the annual Gay Pride march in Paris, France, Saturday, July 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Benjamin Girette)

At Pride march in Paris, activists demand racial justice too

By ARNO PEDRAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, April 4, 2014 file photo, the skulls and bones of some of those who were slaughtered as they sought refuge inside the church are laid out as a memorial to the thousands who were killed in and around the Catholic church during the 1994 genocide in Ntarama, Rwanda. The Paris appeals court on Friday upheld a decision to end a years-long investigation into the plane crash that sparked Rwanda's 1994 genocide, citing lack of sufficient evidence. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

French court OKs end to Rwanda genocide investigation

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Sale of sacred statues riles Black Lives Matter campaigners

By THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, American content creator Tamu McPherson sits on the sofa at her home in Milan, Italy. The U.S protests against systemic racism, which are spreading around the globe, are now putting the spotlight on the fashion world in its role as a cultural beacon, and emboldening insiders -- some with lucrative deals that often assume their discretion -- to speak up. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Luxury fashion challenged to confront racist attitudes

By COLLEEN BARRY and THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press

French activists of Attac stage a flash protest outside the French Health Ministry in support of medical workers, in Paris, France, Saturday, June 20, 2020. French hospital workers and others are protesting to demand better pay and more investment in France's public hospital system, which is considered among the world's best but struggled to handle a flux of virus patients after years of cost cuts. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)

French protesters decry racism, other systemic injustices

By THOMAS ADAMSON and BOUBKAR BENZABAT - Associated Press

Former president of the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) Lamine Diack, center, arrives at the Paris courthouse, Monday, June 8, 2020. A sweeping sports corruption trial opened Monday in Paris involving allegations of a massive doping cover-up that reached to the top of world track and field's governing body. Lamine Diack, 87, who served as president of the body for nearly 16 years, is among those accused of receiving money from Russian athletes to hide their suspected doping so they could compete at the Olympics in 2012 and other competitions. His son Papa Massata Diack is also charged in the case. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Trial of Diacks exposes dark backdrop of track golden era

By JOHN LEICESTER and JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

Hospital workers march during a demonstration, Tuesday, June 16, 2020 in Paris. French hospital workers and others are protesting in cities around the country to demand better pay and more investment in France's public hospital system, which is considered among the world's best but struggled to handle a flux of virus patients after years of cost cuts. France has seen nearly 30,000 virus deaths. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France: Protests by activists, medics and disgruntled police

By ARNO PEDRAM and OLEG CETINIC - Associated Press

People stroll at Trocadero square near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Monday, May 25, 2020, as France gradually lifts its Covid-19 lockdown. In Paris, where all city parks remain closed, residents stroll along the Seine river and outside the Tuileries Gardens. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Eiffel Tower to reopen after longest closure since WWII

By THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press

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Hank Williams Jr.’s 27-year-old daughter killed in accident

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Assa Traore flashes a thumbs up during a press conference prior to a march against police brutality and racism in Paris, France, Saturday, June 13, 2020, organized by supporters of her brother Adama Traore, who died in police custody in 2016 in circumstances that remain unclear despite four years of back-and-forth autopsies. The march is expected to be the biggest of several demonstrations Saturday inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S., and French police ordered the closure of freshly reopened restaurants and shops along the route fearing possible violence. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Paris marchers demand racial justice, end to police violence

By ARNO PEDRAM - Associated Press

Thousands of people demonstrate against police brutality and racism in Paris, France, Saturday, June 13, 2020, prior to a march organized by supporters of Adama Traore, who died in police custody in 2016 in circumstances that remain unclear despite four years of back-and-forth autopsies. The march is expected to be the biggest of several demonstrations Saturday inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S., and French police ordered the closure of freshly reopened restaurants and shops along the route fearing possible violence. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Paris marchers decry racism; far right rallies in London

By ARNO PEDRAM and SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press

A wounded member of a far-right group is escorted by British police officers in riot gear, during scuffles as police tries to contain a protest at Trafalgar Square in central London, Saturday, June 13, 2020. British police have imposed strict restrictions on groups protesting in London Saturday in a bid to avoid violent clashes between protesters from the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as far-right groups that gathered to counter-protest. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Protesters call attention to deaths of two more black men

By Russ Bynum and Ed White - Associated Press

Plastic shields and filtration system are placed to prevent the new coronavirus particles to travel in the air in the Alain Ducasse's restaurant « Allard », in Paris, Thursday, June 11, 2020. French Michelin-starred chef Alain Ducasse unveils virus-protection measures as he prepares to reopen his restaurants, including a new filtration system that works to stop virus particles from the air traveling to neighboring tables. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

French chef Ducasse unveils anti-virus air system

By THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press

Hundreds of demonstrators gather on the Champs de Mars during a demonstration in Paris, France, Saturday, June 6, 2020, to protest against the recent killing of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis, U.S.A., after being restrained by police officers on May 25, 2020. Further protests are planned over the weekend in European cities, some defying restrictions imposed by authorities because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Anger, activism grow over police abuse amid French lockdown

By ARNO PEDRAM - Associated Press

Protesters face off after one protester, center, interrupted a speech during a rally in Canberra, Australia, on Friday, June 5, 2010, prompted by the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. Thousands gathered in Australia's capital to remind Australians that the racial inequality underscored by Floyd's death was not unique to the United States. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)

Protests support Floyd, Black Lives Matter on 4 continents

By JOHN LEICESTER and FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

This undated photo provided Friday June 5, 2020 by the Comite Adama, shows Adama Traore. Churning U.S. protests over George Floyd's death have revived anger in France over alleged police violence, systemic racism and the complicated case of Adama Traore, a black Frenchman who died in police custody in 2016. For Traore's family, the Floyd protests have also revived their hopes for change.(Comite Adama via AP)

Floyd case restokes anger over death of black man in France

By THOMAS ADAMSON and ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

Leader of the Orange Vests movement, Antonio Pappalardo, addresses a rally in Rome, Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Hundreds of protesters shunning masks gathered in Rome's Piazza del Popolo on Tuesday to demonstrate against the government measures taken to stop the spread of coronavirus. The so-called Orange Vests, a marginal political movement created last year by a retired Carabinieri general, have emerged as virus-denial camp in Italy, the first Western country to be hit by the global pandemic. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

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FILE - In this June 9, 2019, file photo, Spain's Rafael Nadal reaches for the ball as he plays Austria's Dominic Thiem during the men's final of the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros stadium in Paris. If the French Open were being held as scheduled right now, Nadal would have been seeking a 20th Grand Slam title to equal Roger Federer’s record for men. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)

Postponed French Open topics: Rafa’s 20th? Serena’s 24th?

By HOWARD FENDRICH - Associated Press

French veteran Nicolas Mahut cleans the net during a training session in the French Tennis Federation center near the grounds of the French Open in Paris, Wednesday, May 13, 2020 under the watchful eye of a team doctor and courtside trainers. Professional tennis players resumed training in France after the end of lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

French tennis players cautiously easing back into training

By Jerome Pugmire - Associated Press

A man gets a hair cut at a hairdressing salon in Sevres, outside Paris, Monday, May 11, 2020. The French began leaving their homes and apartments for the first time in two months without permission slips as the country cautiously lifted its lockdown. Clothing stores, coiffures and other businesses large and small were reopening on Monday with strict precautions to keep the coronavirus at bay. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Paris awakens slowly after 2-month slumber to world it lost

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press